Abstract:

The aim of the study was to determine whether it would be possible to classify employees into need groups in terms of their personal, work-related and environmental circumstances; and also to ascertain what the agreement is between supervisors' and managers' perception of employees' needs and the employees' real needs. Two hundred employees were chosen randomly from a population of 652. The results of the study showed that it is not possible to divide employees into need groups; and that there is a high degree of agreement between supervisors' and managers' perception of employees' needs and basis, and that the supervisors' and managers' perceptions should play an important role in this process. If it is necessary to divide employees into need groups, post gradings should be used to achieve this. Proposals for further research were made.